'In difficult times we meet heroes': The normal people who fundraise for Cork University Hospital

With major fundraising events cancelled this year, Helen Kelleher looks at the extraordinary efforts made to help CUH in recent months

Oliver Lynch, Ballincollig, Cork, after completing the final 100m of his 5,000m fundraising walk during lockdown in which he raised over €31,000 for the CUH Charity, Dogs for the Disabled and Enable Ireland. Picture: Denis Minihane.

While it has been an extremely difficult year for charities across the country — Cork University Hospital (CUH) Charity saw 90% of their major fundraising events cancelled — CEO Michael Nason says it has also been a year when some extraordinary and wonderful things happened and it has been incredible to witness how creative and thoughtful people have been.

“It is true that even in difficult times we meet heroes and we certainly met plenty of those this year”.